Bobby Vosmaer

Vosmaer was born in 1951 in Indonesia, as his father was in the Royal Netherlands Navy, and moved to the Netherlands in 1954, at the age of 3.[1] He grew up playing "street soccer" with his friends and later competed for regional and national Dutch amateur teams.[1]

Vosmaer began his career in the Netherlands, playing with amateur club VUC Den Haag from 1969 to 1972.[2][3] During this time, he was called up to the national Olympic team to play qualifying matches for the 1972 Summer Olympics.[4]

In 1972, Vosmaer joined brought to HFC Haarlem in the Eredivise, where he played for coach Joop Brand. He was named MVP in his rookie season in the Eredivisie.[1][5] In his time with Haarlem, he was called up to the Dutch U21 team.[4]

In 1974, Vosmaer followed coach Brand to AZ '67.[4] His first season in Alkmaar was very successful, scoring ten goals in 31 league games and earning a call-up to the Dutch national team in April 1975.[4] He made his national team debut on 30 April 1975 against Belgium, as a substitute for Kees Kist.[4] A month later, he made his first national team start in a friendly match against Yugoslavia.[4]

He then struggled with injuries, eventually getting loaned to MVV Maastricht in 1977,[6] in the Eerste Divisie, where he helped then to a second-place finish and earning promotion.[4]

After tearing his Achilles tendon in 1978, he tore it in his first game back a year later, which marked the end of his European career[1] and he moved to a lower division team, VV Eijsden.[2]

In 1980, he went to North America, joining the Philadelphia Fury.[7] He continued to play in North America for the next decade, playing both indoor and outdoor football for Montreal Manic, Chicago Sting, FC Inter-Montréal, Pittsburgh Spirit, Charlotte Gold, Canton Invaders, and Milwaukee Wave.[8][9]

After a 17-year professional career, he became the general manager of the Milwaukee Wave.[5] In 1992, he became the coach of Montreal Supra in the Canadian Soccer League, guiding them to the semi-finals in the playoffs.[5]

In 1994, he founded North Stars FC, in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, where he serves as president.[10]

In 2005, he became the boys varsity head coach at North Allegheny High School for 15 years, where he won the WPIAL Championship twice in 2016 and 2017.[11][5] In 2016, he was named WPIAL Class AAAA Coach of the Year.[12] Coach Vosmaer resigned from the varsity head coaching position on January 27, 2022 for undisclosed reasons.

He holds the USSF "A" license as well as the Dutch coaching badge.[5]

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